Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Anatomy Of A Bull

Hey there! I am almost done with this semester, having just have three finals to study for and take this week. Yeah!!!! There is still another 25-35 page lit review that I have to do for a syllabus design, but that is due by August, so I don't have to totally freak out about it...yet!

I just had to blog about something that bugs me every morning, and that is about a kid's television show called "Back At the Barnyard." Have any of you ever watched it, or heard about it before?

One of the main characters is a Holstein bull named Otis, and while he may appear bull-like on the top (see above picture) he sure as heck does not appear bull-like on the bottom, and the shows anatomically incorrect misrepresentation of gender drives me nuts. Maybe it's because I grew up on a farm, worked for a veterinarian, and have had lot's of biology/anatomy and physiology courses, or maybe it's because I am practical or that I breastfed my two children (sorry guys!) but I cannot stand the fact that this bull has an udder!!!!! Why not just leave it off?? The female cows in the show have them too, and it just looks ridiculous. They even refer to Otis as a "cow" and a "milk machine," and I don't know about you, but the last time that I looked, male cattle were called bulls, not cows!!!! Just look at how ridiculous they all look in the above picture! Anywho...sorry for the little rant, but this has been bugging me for a long time. Maybe I should get out more??? LOL!!!!! I promise to do some horsey posts soon, but for now I will leave you with one last picture of Otis, the lactating bull/cow...teeheehee!!

Oh, I bet you are so glad you are almost done with school!Ya know, I think I caught a glimpse of this cartoon one day, but didn't really watch it, I totally get what you are saying. What the heck? I don't see how hard it could be to just not put an udder on the bull, you don't need anything down there! It's a cartoon! You are too funny!

Then you will love this story--since you know my town. They went on an art kick, and decided to buy a sculpture by some dude who has several pieces at Cedarhurst. He ended up doing a bull--but since his stuff is all made out of chrome car bumpers, it is not obtrusive at all that he is anatomically correct.

He sat on the courthouse lawn, and you would not BELIEVE the reaction it got. We paid huge money for it, and the court house decided it had to go because it was too offensive.

Oh, that bothered me too!! Why couldn't they have left it out all together? Kids wouldn't have known!! But yes, it bugged me when I saw the movie. The television series is kinda lame. I thought my kids would have liked it but they just don't get into it much. Maybe it's because there is a bull walking around with utters!!

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Formerly known as the busy mom behind Horses, Kids, and Homework, I felt the need to reinvent my blog, as I am no longer a displaced student. I am now an actual bonafide social worker with a real job in the real world. I am still a wife, mother, and lover of all things equine, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. I hope that you will continue to follow me as I stumble through this thing called life.